Currently, the American Sign Language minor requires AMSL 1010, 1020, and 2010 (formerly AUSP 1010, 1020, and 2010) for the lower division core requirements. We understand that some students who have declared ASL as their minor would like to use those courses to satisfy the BA language requirement. To do that, they need 6 hours at the 2000 level, yet AMSL 2020 is not currently required for the minor. We do not want students to be hindered by this requirement, so we recommend that students enroll in AMSL 3020 – Advanced Fingerspelling – which focuses on language skills to serve as an alternative for AMSL 2020 and to satisfy the upper division requirements for the minor.

AAN –  For clarification, substituting AMSL 3020 for AMSL 2020 will only apply to the small number of students who are currently AMSL minors who don’t take AMSL 2020 as part of the minor program, since it is currently not required.

Students who are not ASL minors or majors and are taking AMSL only to fulfill the language requirement will still need to take AMSL 2020.

Proposals for the 2023-2024 catalog will reflect changes that will make it easier for ASL minors to use these lower division courses to satisfy the BA language requirement.